Bernardino Freire

Bernardino Freire (18 February 1759/1765-17 March 1809), also known as Bernardim Freire de Andrade, was a general of Portugal during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Bernardim Freire de Andrade was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1765. He was a general of the Portuguese Army, a veteran of the War of the Pyrenees and the War of Oranges against Spain and France. During the Peninsular War of 1808-1814, he commanded Portuguese forces alongside General Arthur Wellesley. Commanding an army of militia, he feared to retreat from Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult's French army because he might be executed, so he attempted to quit the army. He was imprisoned, and killed when a group of militiamen broke into the jail. Three days after his death Portuguese forces lost the Battle of Braga.